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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-picayune.mit.edu!e40-008-11.MIT.EDU!vikki From: vikki@e40-008-11.MIT.EDU (Vikki King) Subject: Re: XFree86 problems (keyboard hangs overnight) Message-ID: <1992Nov13.063445.21862@athena.mit.edu> Sender: news@athena.mit.edu (News system) Nntp-Posting-Host: e40-008-11.mit.edu Organization: Massachvsetts Institvte of Technology X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4 References: <BxM1qt.2xC@unx.sas.com> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 06:34:45 GMT Lines: 46 I've noticed a similar problem to the one described below, except that it happens to me in a matter of minutes after starting to use X. The mouse is still alive and I can telnet to the host ok. If I can kill the server remotely and start again, I'm ok for another little while. I don't think that this happens though if I'm not running twm (like, no window manager at all). I am using the bus mouse driver that was ported by a kind person from BSD386. I have a mylex 386/33Mhz board, 16MB RAM, Paradise 265K VGA board, AHA1542B, and I'm running X386mono. I also have a 387/33. Anyone else had similar troubles? -John jackson@a1.mec.mass.edu sastdr@torpid.unx.sas.com (Thomas David Rivers) writes: : : I'm running into a strange problem with XFree86 & xdm, : and a little time. : : Every morning, I come to my machine and try to log in on the xdm : login screen, but the keyboard is locked, the mouse works fine. : I have to telnet/rlogin from another machine and kill the X server. : When the X server restarts, the keyboard returns. : : I have discovered that if I don't log out - and leave my session : there - when I return in the morning the keyboard is locked again, : so pressing a key doesn't get my screen back (i.e. it's been blanked.) : *But* - moving the mouse will... In fact, all the mouse stuff works : fine. : : My current work-around is to not log out overnight, then in the : morning, use my mouse to pull down the twm menu and exit twm. This : ends my session (logs me off) and the X server dies; xdm starts up : a new server which is fine. : : Also, I've noticed some problems with the capslock key; sometimes : the capslock is engaged, and I can't disengage it without restarting : the server. In this regard, none of the keyboard lights (capslock, numlock, : etc...) seem to function. : : Finally, did anyone ever find out where the <bell> went? : : - Dave Rivers - : (rivers@ponds.uucp (home)) : (sastdr@unx.sas.com (work)) : -- : UPDATE ALL INFORMATION AND POD INTO COSMOS - Federal Express